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    Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (33402635)

    Eastern Cape
    Card 501989
    Compiler 1528
    Location code 33402635Bushmans River: Mouth - Ghio Bridge (Eastern Cape)
    Start date 2011-01-22
    Season SSummer
    Start time 10:00
    End time 13:15
    Shoreline covered 100
    Openwater covered 100
    Total Species 25
    Total Count 174
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 2by Boat
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes Weather hot - drought conditions prevail- dearth of waders. Ghio pans dry - no birdlife, no form submitted.
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    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    41Pelican, Pink-backed
    (Pelecanus rufescens)    		10
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		10
    48Cormorant, Cape
    (Phalacrocorax capensis)    		20
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		80
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		120
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		100
    56Heron, Goliath
    (Ardea goliath)    		20
    58Egret, Great
    (Ardea alba)    		90
    59Egret, Little
    (Egretta garzetta)    		90
    61Egret, Western Cattle
    (Bubulcus ibis)    		90
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		60
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		20
    149Eagle, African Fish
    (Haliaeetus vocifer)    		10
    235Plover, White-fronted
    (Charadrius marginatus)    		40
    241Plover, Grey
    (Pluvialis squatarola)    		50
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		180
    263Greenshank, Common
    (Tringa nebularia)    		20
    268Whimbrel, Eurasian
    (Numenius phaeopus)    		230
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		140
    291Tern, Common
    (Sterna hirundo)    		170
    296Tern, Sandwich
    (Thalasseus sandvicensis)    		30
    298Tern, Greater Crested
    (Thalasseus bergii)    		80
    394Kingfisher, Pied
    (Ceryle rudis)    		30
    395Kingfisher, Giant
    (Megaceryle maxima)    		20
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		30


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    Sunday 28 April 2024 05:16
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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